Events

Join us for Team Trivia and Game Night every Monday at Rico;s Cafe and Wine Bar. Our staff will be here to help make your evening a delight!

Team Trivia is played in Rico's Cafe and sponsored by King Trivia. It's free to play and there are prizes for the winners every night! Game starts promptly at 6:00pm, but arrive early to get your team signed up so you don't miss a question.

Board Games are played in Poor Richard's Restaurant. Learn a new game, play and oldie but goodie, bring your own, or (if you're feeling adventurous) buy a new game from Little Richard's Toy Store for 20% off! Staff will be on hand to teach a featured game each week.

Grab a slice of pizza and soda for $6 (or upgrade to a draft beer or house wine for $8.50). It's sure to be a night of great fun with friends or family.

Visit us and experience Colorado history in style here at Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site.

• Learn about Native American trade at the American Indian Area.
• Make a cornhusk doll at the Homestead Cabin.
• Discover the hard-working and ingenuous spirit of early pioneer homesteaders and farmers in our 1880s Garden.
• Perfect your skills at Victorian games and tour the 1870s Rock Ledge House.
• Listen to the rhythmic ‘clink, clink’ of the blacksmith’s hammer hitting the anvil as you immerse yourself in the life of an 1890s blacksmith.
• Explore the 1907 Orchard House while you learn about life for Edwardian servants and upper-class citizens of Colorado Springs.

Robert is known to layer his art openings in such away that that every sense is stimulated and every interaction is part of the experience.

Music performances by Brittany McClintic, Curtis Boucher, Jeremiah Walter, and The Old 45's with DJ Gravity, and Magician Extraordinaire Jayne Perry!

Come Help Celebrate Robert's 45th Birthday with him!

Join us at the Fine Arts Center for a lecture series offering an educational twist to the traditional happy hour. Each lecture explores an aspect of the amazing art and featured artists from various Fine Arts Center exhibitions served up with a themed drink to help you dive deep into the topic.

Coinciding with The Gift, an exhibition currently on view at the FAC, come for our first Libation Lecture of 2023. The night sky is full of stories – stories of change, of life and death, and of possibility – carried out over millions or billions of years. How can we possibly understand these stories when our lives are but a fleeting blip in comparison?

We will look at how stellar astrophysicists act as detectives, using the light from stars as clues to uncover the stories of the universe, and what is possible when we expand our ways of telling these stories through art-science collaborations.

Themed drink: Starry Night
Lecturer: Dr. Natalie Gosnell, Assistant Professor of Physics at Colorado College

Deadline is June 1, 2023.

After over 30 years, the Mountain Arts Festival is moving to a new location in Woodland Park. The new location is just a couple of blocks from the old one in Memorial Park, Woodland Park. This new location will have more space for additional artists and food vendors. The date has also been changed to the second weekend in August (Aug. 12 and 13) when fewer competing activities are occurring.

The Mountain Artists look to 2023 to be bigger and better than ever. The annual Mountain Arts Festival is calling for artists for this year’s show and the deadline is May 1. Applications for this juried show can also be obtained from the website at www.themountainartists.org

In addition to the Mountain Artists annual summer show, they also have their members-only show in November, the student art show in the spring, and their scholarship program.

Artists interested in joining the organization can pick up an application at the Woodland Park Chamber of Commerce, or can find the application at the website mentioned above.

The Western Museum of Mining and Industry invites the public to kick back on the museum property to watch the impressive aerial display of the Thunderbirds as they salute the USAFA 2023 graduates Thursday, June 1,  10am to 2pm. Bring a picnic lunch and chairs and blankets as you experience the Thunderbirds as they soar over you! If you forget your lunch, Little Bears Food Truck will be on site selling its delicious sloppy joes and ice cream floats.

The cost is just $5 per car and benefits the museum.  Museum members are free.  Make a day of it and check out the museum before or after the flyover.  The museum and its grounds are open from 9am to 4pm. Tours are at 10am and 1pm and are included in admission.  Separate admission applies to the museum.

The museum is located at 225 North Gate Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO 80921 (off I-25 Exit 156). For more information about the museum and Picnic and Planes, call 719-488-0880 or email info@wmmi.org.

You’ve got the gear; now get the skills!

This 3 Day Modern Survival class is designed for the hiker, hunter, backpacker, or other adventure seeker who feel they may have a sufficient amount of survival gear and equipment and want to improve their survival skills. The course will teach students to prioritize their survival gear and utilize it effectively and efficiently in survival situations. This class focuses heavily on practical skills with an overnight survival scenario in a controlled environment, followed by a debrief on the third day.

This class is appropriate for all skill levels and even the most seasoned outdoorsman will likely learn some new tips and tricks. Completion of this class gives you a huge confidence boost and a full understanding of kit mentality.
ITINERARY
On day one and two students will learn wilderness risk assessment and management, how to avoid potentially dangerous situations, proper gear selection and how it relates to the priorities of survival. Next we’ll teach some practical knots and expedient survival shelters that are useful in the outdoors. We’ll discuss the selection and maintenance of our most commonly used tools and gear.

This course also covers the methods of heat loss using a light weight kit to maintain our core body temperature. Splitting and processing firewood for tinder, kindling, and fuel and practicing multiple methods of modern fire starting with a focus on ferrocerium rods are some of the tasks we’ll be covering. We’ll also be making modern fire starters from readily available materials found in your home that will greatly increase your fire starting abilities.

Students will learn about waterborne pathogens and various modern purifiers. We will discuss some common misconceptions about water filtration and how to safely purify water with various types of modern gear.

Additionally, we will be covering the psychology of survival and the importance of maintaining a positive mental attitude to improve morale and cultivate a resilient mindset in a survival situation.

At the end of day two, students will undertake a practical field scenario, which will allow them to demonstrate their competency and ability to understand and respond to adverse situations. The students will then individually demonstrate their ability to build a survival shelter, process wood into a survival fire, light a fire with fire starters made earlier in the course then obtain and perform other standard survival tasks. We believe that exposure and practical use of your modern tools is the best way to determine which components work best for you.

On day three, instructors will debrief students and will assess what they learned during the overnight scenario.   The survival scenario will be reviewed and analyzed to identify any shortfalls that may have arisen.  Students will then be given the opportunity to address any gaps in their knowledge and skill base, and improve their survival plan and kit mentality.

COURSE TOPICS

Risk assessment and management
Emergency situation avoidance
Survival plan formulation
Psychology of survival
Rule of Three’s
Proper gear selection
Tool/gear maintenance
Practical knots for survival situations
Methods of heat loss
Modern fire starting techniques
Expedient emergency survival shelters
Water filtration vs purification
Survival kit mentality

COURSE OUTCOMES AND DEMONSTRATED SKILLS

How to identify potential dangers in the environment and situational awareness
Have a deeper understanding of the psychology of survival
Priorities of survival using modern methods and gear
Understand the methods of heat loss and how to sustain core body temperature
How to make and sustain a fire using modern methods and devices
How to build temporary shelters using modern materials such as tarps, trash bags, and paracord and how to securely construct a shelter with the most effective knots
Understand the difference between water filtration and purification and the skills to make water safe to drink
What to put in your survival kit and how to effectively use and maintain it

LENGTH
3 Days / 2 nights

Join us at Switchbacks Stadium on June 2nd for an exciting Small Business Week BASH! This event is a celebration of small businesses and entrepreneurs, and it promises to be a day filled with fun, games, music, and awards.

The highlight of the day will be the Small Business Award Ceremony, where we will recognize outstanding small businesses in the community. If you're a small business owner, this is a great opportunity to network with other entrepreneurs and celebrate small business.

In addition to the Awards Ceremony, we have a range of fun activities planned for the day, including booths, games, and music. There will be something for everyone, so bring your family and friends!

The event will wrap up at 6:00 pm, but the fun doesn't have to end there. As an added bonus, attendees will have the opportunity to attend a Switchbacks game following the event. It's the perfect way to end the day, cheering on our local soccer team.

Don't miss out on this exciting event that celebrates the hard work and dedication of small businesses. Get your tickets today and join us at Switchbacks Stadium on June 2nd for the Small Business Week BASH!

Join Pikes Peak Library District as we welcome UCCS Theatreworks for Free-For-All: Pericles, directed by Max Shulman. Theatre happens anywhere intrepid actors and audiences meeting. Theatreworks' Free-For-All program brings Shakespeare to libraries, schools, community and senior centers, and parks throughout the Pikes Peak region. In May, June, and July 2023, Free-For-All shares a 75-minute PERICLES, a fast-paced journey of heroes, villains, shipwrecks, pirates, jousting and more in a sweeping adventure that was Shakespeare's most popular play for over 100 years!

First & Main Town Center will be hosting their Annual Summer Concert Series every Friday in June & July from 5-7 p.m. in the park across from Cinemark off of Powers and N. Carefree.

The concerts feature a variety of family-friendly music genres balloon animals and exhibiting merchants.

Attendees are welcome to bring their own chairs and are encouraged to shop before the show and to grab dinner at one of the many First & Main restaurants after.

• June 2: Sofakillers
• June 9: The Runners Band
• June 16: Wirewood Station
• June 23: Hickabee
• June 30: Jun Black Rose Band
• July 7: Jason Wulf Band
• July 14: Playing With Smoke Band
• July 21: Zepp Alive
• July 28: The Martini Shot